Digitalising corrections

This special issue of the Journal of Criminology examines how this digital transformation is shaping prison and probation services, and what needs to be done to ensure that these developments yield beneficial outcomes for all those involved. We are particularly concerned with examining the values, theories, policies, and design principles that shape how services are translated into digital forms, and how, in turn, these services generate benefits and harms experienced by users. We are also interested in how technologies adopted as specific solutions to immediate problems can rapidly bring about more fundamental changes in operating systems and practices. Our goal is to speak to both academics and practitioners by presenting articles that are grounded in theory and evidence, but where the implications of the research are readily accessible to non-academic readers.